CVE-2013-4402 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GnuPG versions 1.4.x before 1.4.15 and 2.0.x before 2.0.22, affecting products like Canonical GnuPG and Ubuntu Linux. The flaw resides in the compressed packet parser, allowing remote attackers to trigger infinite recursion via a specially crafted OpenPGP message. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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